The Star-Ledger Scholars: 2007 Scholarstag:blog.nj.com,2014:/scholars/17212007-05-13T13:00:33ZArticles about New Jersey studentsMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceThe Sussex County Scholar and Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1543742007-05-13T13:00:33Z2007-05-20T17:45:46ZThe Scholar Rachel Endick has never met an injustice she hasn't wanted to correct. At home. In school. In the world. "I take action when I see an injustice," says the Newton High School senior and this year's Star-Ledger Scholar...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Rachel Endick has never met an injustice she hasn't wanted to correct. At home. In school. In the world. "I take action when I see an injustice," says the Newton High School senior and this year's Star-Ledger Scholar...
2002 Josh Portertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1593822007-05-16T14:07:58Z2007-05-19T12:08:33ZJosh and his girlfriend Sharon at the top of College Hill overlooking the Delaware River in Easton, PA....Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
Josh and his girlfriend Sharon at the top of College Hill overlooking the Delaware River in Easton, PA....
Mort Pye Scholar for 2007: Jerry Kung of East Brunswick Hightag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544392007-05-13T23:00:29Z2007-05-18T21:27:26Z He was young and sad and far from home. Anxious, too, about missing so much school because school was important to him, even then. But Jerry Kung, at nine, knew he owed a duty to his family. Especially to...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
He was young and sad and far from home. Anxious, too, about missing so much school because school was important to him, even then. But Jerry Kung, at nine, knew he owed a duty to his family. Especially to...
Essex County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544742007-05-13T21:00:01Z2007-05-17T14:48:21ZThe Scholar Shakespeare had a phrase for it -- and so does Meryl Federman. In fact, the senior at Livingston High has a Shakespearean allusion for virtually every occasion. "I'm the Shakespeare nut" is how she opened an essay on...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Shakespeare had a phrase for it -- and so does Meryl Federman. In fact, the senior at Livingston High has a Shakespearean allusion for virtually every occasion. "I'm the Shakespeare nut" is how she opened an essay on...
Greater Elizabeth Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544702007-05-13T20:00:06Z2007-05-17T14:44:56ZThe Scholar Rebecca Fogel is a poet. And this might present a problem some day. Says Rebecca: "Writers" -- she means "poet" here because that's the sort of writer she is -- "don't make a lot of money, so I...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Rebecca Fogel is a poet. And this might present a problem some day. Says Rebecca: "Writers" -- she means "poet" here because that's the sort of writer she is -- "don't make a lot of money, so I...
Hunterdon County scholar & teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544652007-05-13T18:36:08Z2007-05-17T14:38:07ZThe Scholar Curiosity. Grit. Two good words to describe Catherine Hartmann, the Star-Ledger Scholar for Hunterdon County. "I was the kind of kid who would drive my parents crazy asking questions," says Kate, as she likes to be called, who...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Curiosity. Grit. Two good words to describe Catherine Hartmann, the Star-Ledger Scholar for Hunterdon County. "I was the kind of kid who would drive my parents crazy asking questions," says Kate, as she likes to be called, who...
Monmouth County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544512007-05-13T16:00:47Z2007-05-17T14:24:42ZThe Scholar Allen Lin doesn't see learning the same way many students do -- the accumulation of knowledge by taking discrete courses in, say, biology or physics or chemistry. "I look at web-like processes," says the top student at Holmdel...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Allen Lin doesn't see learning the same way many students do -- the accumulation of knowledge by taking discrete courses in, say, biology or physics or chemistry. "I look at web-like processes," says the top student at Holmdel...
Morris County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544472007-05-13T15:04:52Z2007-05-17T14:14:16ZThe Scholar What a dream: To improve the lives of millions of the world's poor by creating bacteria that purify water. It's Chetan Narain's dream. "Something like that should be possible," says Chetan, 18, the top senior at Madison High...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar What a dream: To improve the lives of millions of the world's poor by creating bacteria that purify water. It's Chetan Narain's dream. "Something like that should be possible," says Chetan, 18, the top senior at Madison High...
Middlesex County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544412007-05-13T17:02:48Z2007-05-17T14:04:46ZThe Scholar She is a self-described "jock who loves literature," an aspiring astrophysicist who sees poetry in mathematical equations, a young woman who adds activities to an already crowded schedule because it helps her manage her time more efficiently. "You...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar She is a self-described "jock who loves literature," an aspiring astrophysicist who sees poetry in mathematical equations, a young woman who adds activities to an already crowded schedule because it helps her manage her time more efficiently. "You...
Nominees for the 2007 scholarshipstag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544092007-05-14T00:00:12Z2007-05-17T13:30:30ZStar-Ledger Scholars are chosen by educators from nominees submitted by public and private high schools in the newspaper's primary circulation area. Each school may nominate one student. Nominees must be high school seniors and U.S. citizens. Children of Star-Ledger employees...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
Star-Ledger Scholars are chosen by educators from nominees submitted by public and private high schools in the newspaper's primary circulation area. Each school may nominate one student. Nominees must be high school seniors and U.S. citizens. Children of Star-Ledger employees...
Greater Newark Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1544012007-05-13T19:00:50Z2007-05-17T13:23:04ZThe Scholar Michael Gormally doesn't do the expected. He attends St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, for example. Not many students from Mountain Lakes go to school there. "Accidentally, I found some literature about it and it seemed interesting," says Michael,...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Michael Gormally doesn't do the expected. He attends St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, for example. Not many students from Mountain Lakes go to school there. "Accidentally, I found some literature about it and it seemed interesting," says Michael,...
The Somerset County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1543802007-05-13T14:00:50Z2007-05-17T13:05:57ZThe Scholar Here's a word you don't hear often when young people talk about government -- passion. But Sundeep Iyer, a champion debater and The Star-Ledger Scholar for Somerset County, uses it frequently. As when he was asked about his...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Here's a word you don't hear often when young people talk about government -- passion. But Sundeep Iyer, a champion debater and The Star-Ledger Scholar for Somerset County, uses it frequently. As when he was asked about his...
The Mort Pye Scholar's Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1543712007-05-13T22:00:56Z2007-05-17T13:00:19ZStudents in Anthony Charanis's physics classroom face a large wall clock permanently stuck at a few minutes before eight o'clock. "Oh, yeah," says Charanis, craning his neck to see, but not terribly concerned. "I think I've got a correct one...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
Students in Anthony Charanis's physics classroom face a large wall clock permanently stuck at a few minutes before eight o'clock. "Oh, yeah," says Charanis, craning his neck to see, but not terribly concerned. "I think I've got a correct one...
The Union County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1543652007-05-13T12:00:46Z2007-05-17T12:56:50ZThe Scholar Kent Twardock has learned many ways of looking at life -- and he finds each of them irresistibly enjoyable. Mathematics, he says, provides "exciting" moments when he finally finds a solution to a problem. Music both "exhilarates" and...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
The Scholar Kent Twardock has learned many ways of looking at life -- and he finds each of them irresistibly enjoyable. Mathematics, he says, provides "exciting" moments when he finally finds a solution to a problem. Music both "exhilarates" and...
The Warren County Scholar & Teachertag:blog.nj.com,2007:/scholars//1721.1543622007-05-13T11:00:24Z2007-05-17T12:54:41ZGeoffrey Huang knows how to learn. And how to live. He tells the story of attending a Special Olympics meet and watching a frail and severely disabled young man trying to finish a wheelchair race against much stronger competition, with...Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/bbraun/index.html
Geoffrey Huang knows how to learn. And how to live. He tells the story of attending a Special Olympics meet and watching a frail and severely disabled young man trying to finish a wheelchair race against much stronger competition, with...